Games

Set on an oil rig in 1970s Scotland, Still Wakes the Deep is a stunningly designed game that hides a universe of missed opportunities behind exquisite graphics.

Terra Nil inverts urban building games to rewild wastelands and offer the player a glimpse of environmental hope.

Kinder World, from Melbourne indie studio Lumi Interactive, is a simple, therapeutic game that is surprisingly effective.

The classic role-playing game Baldur’s Gate 3 rejects the capitalist predations of contemporary gaming to create a rich, enchanting world.

The enchanting steampunk world of Syberia: The World Before permits a vivid exploration of its central character, Kate Walker.

Inkle Studio’s charming narrative game A Highland Song has a seemingly effortless beauty.

Northway Games’ I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is a sci-fi visual novel without peer, which powerfully evokes the emotions of adolescence.

The operatic Stray Gods, which won Game of the Year at the recent Australian Game Developer Awards, is an instant classic.

The fishing game Dredge flirts with Lovecraftian horror, but its engaging mechanics mean we never truly experience the helplessness of dread.

The gentle minimalism of Idyll’s microsociety leads this gamer to question the hungers that drive social media platforms.